An anime created by Spike! TV, Afro Samurai is a story about a young child who loses his father from a fight between headband owners. The man who wears the number one headband is known as a god. Those who seek the number one headband must first face the owner of the number two headband. The number two will always face the challenges of those seeking the powers of the gods. This is the path of the young child known as Afro. he seeks vengeance toward the man who took his father’s life, and the number one headband.
That’s a rough summarization of the 5 episode + 1 movie long anime. With style alone it’s a winner, but the fact that Samuel L. Jackson leant his voice to the main character just makes it over the top. While it is on the short side, being 5 episodes and all, the story is so interesting that you won’t be bothered (think if FLCL made sense..) Lots of action, blood, and a bit of sexuality makes it an interesting watch. Now the only problem is…that they made a video game of it…
The multiplatform game may share the same name as well as some Samuel L. Jackson love, but it is nowhere near as interesting as the anime. Sloppy beat-‘m-up action mixed with terrible special effects, and completely worthless objectives make this game barely playable. I found not alteration in the way Afro Samurai attacked and half the time I was facing clones of the previous opponent. Bosses often lead to a wait until he attacks and then attack back formula. Altogether a waste of money. The only true shining points of this game is the music by RZA (which is shared by the anime), and the similar art style…but we’ve all seen anime to video game failures…so let’s just move on.
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Rating 1/5
Pros: Good music, Samuel L. Jackson voice work.
Cons: The game itself...go watch the anime, it’s more enjoyable.
Extra: Why would you spend your money on this game..when SFIV was released?! O_O
game is funny as hell
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